John Hancock Center

John Hancock Center
one of the tallest and most impressive buildings in the US, opened in 1969. It is in Chicago on North Michigan Avenue. The building is of black steel, and the outside has lengths of steel that cross to support it. It is 1 127 feet/344 metres high and has 100 floors. The first five have shops, the next six are for cars, and the rest are offices and apartments with their own supermarket and swimming pool. There is a Skydeck Observatory on the 94th floor.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • John Hancock Center — Localisation Coordonnées …   Wikipédia en Français

  • John Hancock Center — John Hancock Center …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • John Hancock Center — Edificio Localización …   Wikipedia Español

  • John Hancock Center — [John Hancock Center] one of the tallest and most impressive buildings in the US, opened in 1969. It is in ↑Chicago on North Michigan Avenue. The building is of black steel, and the outside has lengths of steel that cross to support it. It is 1… …   Useful english dictionary

  • John Hancock Center — Infobox Skyscraper building name = John Hancock Center built = 1965 1969 use = mixed use location = 875 N. Michigan Avenue Chicago, USA roof = 1,127 ft (344 m) top floor = 1,078 ft (329 m) antenna spire = 1,500 ft (457 m) floor count = 100 floor… …   Wikipedia

  • John Hancock Center — …   Википедия

  • John Hancock — Signatur John Hancock (* 23. Januar 1737 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • John Hancock (disambiguation) — John Hancock is the name of:*John Hancock (1735 ndash;1793), 18th century businessman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. * John Hancock (Texas politician), U.S. Representative from Texas * John Hancock (ornithologist) * John… …   Wikipedia

  • The John Hancock Center — Джон Хэнкок центр (небоскреб в Чикаго). В течение многих лет самый высокий небоскреб в Чикаго (100 этажей). С него открывается вид на весь город и часть его пригородов. Назван в честь одного из деятелей Американской революции, чья подпись под… …   Словарь топонимов США

  • John Hancock — Infobox Governor name= John Hancock caption= order4=3rd office4= Governor of Massachusetts term start4= May 30, 1787 term end4= October 8, 1793 lieutenant4= Thomas Cushing predecessor4= James Bowdoin successor4= Samuel Adams order3= 7th office3=… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”